The German government said in October that it would take over the payment of some 11,000 local employees at US military facilities as a show of good faith, anticipating repayment when the shutdown was resolved.
What about this? Hoping to get the money back from the current administration seems...naive...
Marketing these days: make the most horrible ad for cheap money, let every single outlet report about it.
That is peak journalism!
So, the whole autism-tylenol-theater was to beat down the price of the company? Because that's what it smells like.
From a distance it looks like the American people don't realize what's happening and accept it because "it will be over in 4 years". Keeping them frightened of losing their breadcrumbs also works very well.
And both parties are scared. That is even more revealing.
In early October, several Trump administration officials had a friendly pool going of how long the shutdown would last.
They are betting on the misery of their own voters. And 50% of your voters still think all of this is super ok? Can someone ELI5 how that is possible without a mob forming because I really can't follow anymore.
I am so happy about my MP3 collection from the last ~20 years. And vinyl is back, that's a win as well. Who needs datacollecting-streaming-ad-services?
Yikes, indeed. The entire complex around this monster is a deep and horrifying rabbithole.
Future "leaders"? This room full of Cartmans, with the depth of a random LoL-chat on a drunk saturday night? Good luck.
Maybe more like fresh IT guy vs. seasoned (=old) IT guy